Department of Biological and Health Sciences
BIOLOGY STRENGTHS (BIOL)
- Many of our faculty are native South Texans.
- A dozen active faculty research laboratories, the majority are focused on biomedical research.
- “Teaching through research” philosophy. Aside from graduate students, nearly every faculty lab supports undergraduate research students.
- Growth rate of over 5% per year over the last four years.
- Strong and highly successful pre-health advising program. Of 475 undergraduate majors, 65% are in pre-health professions preparing for careers in Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Optometry, or Physical Therapy.
- Biology is a South Texas pipeline for students transitioning to Ph.D. or professional programs.
- BS degree in Biomedical Science is one of only a half dozen such programs in the country.
- Extensive vertebrate and invertebrate collections – 25,000 specimens — for both research and teaching, including the Perry Glick Butterflies of the World Collection (7000 specimens) on loan from the Conner Museum.
- Paleontology Museum with 1000s of fossils exclusive to South Texas.
- Wide array of faculty teaching specialties ranging from cellular to population level biology. Engagement activities and field trips emphasized in all biology labs.
- Multiple biology scholarships available for many students each year.
- Department is in preliminary stages of developing a joint degree program with Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, an MS degree in Biomedical Sciences, and a minor in Forensics or Forensic Biology.
- J. Talmer Peacock Auditorium.
- Most of TAMUK's Presidential Scholars choose to major in Biology.
- Many of our faculty are native South Texans.
- High quality teaching and research.
- Faculty recognized locally, campus-wide, state-wide, and nationally for their professional and community contributions.
- Faculty known for student-friendly attitude.
This page was last updated on: April 02, 2013